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hleaw, hlaw (a hill, or barrow) ; the place of residence of the person who finally took it as a surname.
(I) John Bigelow was baptized in England, February 16, 1617, and came to Watertown, Massachusetts, very early. He died July 14, 1703, at the age of eighty-six years. He married, in Watertown, October 30, 1642, Mary Warren, who was also a native of Eng- land. She died October 19, 1691. He mar- ried (second) in 1694, Sarah Benis. He had six sons and six daughters, and was the an- cestor of numerous families of the name throughout New England. His sons were John, Jonathan, Daniel, Samuel, Joshua and James.
(II) Samuel, fourth son of John and Mary (Warren) Bigelow, was born October 28, 1653, in Watertown, and was an innkeeper there from 1702 to 1716. He was admitted to full communion March 4, 1688, and was made a freeman April 16, 1690, and repre- sented the town at the general court in 1708- 09-IO. He married, June 3, 1674, Mary Flagg, born June 14, 1657, died September 7, 1720, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Flagg. They had ten children, nine of whom are given as follows: John, Mary, Samuel, Sarah, Thomas, Martha, Hannah, Isaac and Deliverance.
(III) John (2), son of Samuel and Mary (Flagg) Bigelow, was born May 9, 1675, in Watertown, and settled in Marlboro, Mas- sachusetts. In 1705 he was at the garrison house of Mr. Thomas Sawyer, and with Saw- yer and his sons was taken captive by the Indians and conveyed to Canada. Bigelow and Sawyer were both ingenious mechanics and they proposed to the governor of Mon- treal to erect a saw mill, and thereby ransom themselves from captivity. This was accept- ed, and after they had fulfilled their part with some delays, they were permitted to return with their friends. In token of his gratitude for deliverance from captivity, Mr. Bigelow named the daughters born after his return, Comfort and Freedom. He died September 28, 1769, more than ninety-four years old. He married, June 12, 1696, Jerusha Garfield, who died January 16, 1758. Children: Je- rusha, Thankful, Joseph, John, Comfort, Freedom, Anna and Gershom, twins, Jotham, Benjamin and Sarah.
(IV) Benjamin, son of John (2) and Jeru- sha (Garfield) Bigelow, was born in Marlbor- ough, October 8, 1724, died in Worthington in 1773. He lived in Brookfield, Massachusetts, iv-23
until 1745, when he removed to Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, remaining up to 1752, when he went to Springfield, removing to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1756. He was a ferryman here until he changed his residence to Worth- ington. He married, January 17, 1744, Levi- nah, born in Marlborough, August 15, 1721, daughter of William and Lydia (Eager) Thomas, who were the grandparents of old Robert B. Thomas, of almanac fame. Children of Benjamin and Levinah: Benjamin, Levi- nah, William, Edmund, Jonas, Lydia, Levinia, Sophia, a daughter and Polly.
(V) Edmund, son of Benjamin and Levin- ah (Thomas) Bigelow, was born in Shrews- bury, died in Middletown, Vermont, 1824. When he was a very small boy his father re- moved to Springfield, then to Hartford, and finally to Worthington. He was administrator of his father's estate. He served in the conti- nental army as paymaster, and was at Ben- nington and Ticonderoga. After the war he moved to Middletown, Rutland county, Ver- mont, and settled where John P. Taylor now lives, and was one of the leading spirits in the new town ; made moderator of the first town meeting ; selectman for many years; was the first justice of the peace ; and was on the com- mittee to divide the town into school districts, and the subdivision then made remains practi- cally unchanged to this day. In this town of Middletown the Mormon religion is said to have had its origin, and Joe Smith, the Mor- mon leader, was born in the nearby town of Sharon. He married Olive Stone. They had the following family: Mary, Lefy, Sophy, William, James and Harriet.
(VI) Hon. William, son of Edmund and Olive (Stone) Bigelow, was born in Middle- town in 1791, died in Springfield, Massachu- setts, April 10, 1863. He studied medicine with Dr. Ezra Clark, of Middletown, and re- ceived the degree of M. D. from Castleton Medical College. In October, 1815, he settled in the practice of his profession at Fairhaven, Vermont, and in 1838 changed his residence and practice to Bennington, same state. Though coming into a place where eminent physicians were already established. Dr. Bige- low took standing with the foremost and ever maintained it. He served the county as state senator. He was an impressive speaker to which gracefulness of mind and person con- tributed their part. His manner was dignified, and his feelings genuine. This talking faculty he frequently exercised in public gatherings of the town and church. He was not an off-hand
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speaker, but his remarks were prepared with care, deliberation and study, yet he was always ready to talk on all occasions. He spoke as one with authority, though not overbearing, and his words carried great weight. He was that noble work of God, a christian physician. He early joined the church, and was constant in his attendance upon the regular preaching services as well as the prayer and social meet- ings. He would never allow anyone in his presence to speak with levity or disrespectfully of religion unrebuked. He was prized as a townsman, a physician, and the poor always had in him a willing helper in their sickness. The friends he had clung to him with no com- mon attachment. He married Dorinda, daugh- ter of Orson and Zeruiah (Loomis) Brewster, who was descended from Elder William Brew- ster of the "Mayflower." She was born April 4, 1795, died April 16, 1883. Children: Olive Stone, Emma Lorane, Edmund, Ellen, Wil- liam Henry, George Warren and Mary Sophia.
(VII) Edmund (2), son of Hon. William and Dorinda ( Brewster) Bigelow, was born in Bennington, Vermont, died in Springfield, Au- gust 17, 1875. He went to Troy, New York, early in life and learned the apothecary trade. In 1849 he came to Springfield and entered the business on his own account. He joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Troy, and was a member of the South Congrega- tional Church of Springfield. He belonged to the old fire company. He married Lucy. Par- rot, daughter of Donald Camp, of New York.
(VIII) Edmund (3), only child of Edmund (2) and Lucy (Camp) Bigelow that reached maturity, was born in Springfield, October 4, 1852. He attended the public schools. In 1875 he entered the offices of the Fire & Marine In- surance Company and is at present manager of the statistical department. He is unmar- ried.
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DAWES This name is supposed to orig- inate from Daw, the diminutive or nickname of David. The all- tecedent of most of that name in this could- try is William Dawes, who came over in 1635. His father had come over before this time, but it is said he did not remain long. Abra- ham Dawes, thought to be the English an- cestor, was one of the richest commoners in England, under Cromwell helped to support the royal family in exile, and upon the return of Charles Second to the throne was made baronet. William Dawes, grandson of the emigrant, born in Boston, 1745, won for him-
self undying fame by being one of the two companions of Paul Revere, in his historic ride, and like that hero had much ado to dodge the British sentinels.
(I) Samuel Dawes, of Pembroke, a de- scendant from the above-mentioned William, was born a little before the year 1700, and died in 1750. About 1714 he bought land in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and by 1727 he had married Sarah Howland, of Pembroke, where he then lived, and had two children ; he removed to East Bridgewater, where his other children were born. After his death his widow married Captain Daniel Reed, of Abingdon, in 1765, and died January 2, 1775. Samuel and Sarah Dawes had children as follows: I. Robert, born about 1722; mar- ried Lydia Harden. 2. Samuel, see forward. 3. Abigail, 1729; married Josiah Vining. 4. Content, 1733. 5. Ann, 1735; married Dan- iel Reed. 6. Mary, 1738; married Nathaniel Prior. 7. Jonathan, 1745; married Lydia Snell : went to the revolutionary war and never returned.
(II) Samuel (2); second son of Samuel (I) and Sarah (Howland) Dawes, was born Feb- ruary 24, 1724, died November 5, 1794. Be- fore the revolution he removed from Abing- don to Hampshire county, and in 1755 mar- ried Abigail, daughter of Isaac Kingman, born May 19, 1730, died in February, 1808, and their children were: I. Ebenezer, born March 1, 1756: married Elizabeth Bailey. 2. and 3. Betty and Sarah, twins, 1758. 4. Sam- tel. December 6, 1760; married Lydia Tor- rey. 5. John, March 4, 1763 ; married Dolly Shaw. 6. Howland, February 25, 1766; died unmarried in 1844. 7. Daniel, September 9, 1768. 8. Abigail, September 17, 1770: mar- ried Hatch Noyes. 9. Mitchell, see forward. (III) Mitchell, sixth and youngest son of Samuel (2) and Abigail (Kingman) Dawes. was born August 15, 1772, and lived at Cum- mington, Massachusetts. He married Mercy Burgess, January 1, 1805, and they had chil- dren as follows : I. Sally, born March 9. 1808. 2. Louisa Warner, March 21, 1810; married Thomas Reed Rawson. 3. Sophronia, March 8. 1812; married William Rogers. 4. Lucretia, March 20, 1814; married Isaac Wil- liams. 5. Henry Laurens, see forward. 6. Francis Howland, May II, 1819: married Melissa Everett. 7. Thomas Spencer, April 23, 1822 ; married Elizabeth Russell.
(IV) Henry Laurens, fifth child and eldest son of Mitchell and Mercy ( Burgees) Dawes, was born October 30, 1816, died February 5,
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1903. He was graduated from Yale College in the class of 1839, after which he spent two years teaching school; later he became editor of the Greenfield Gasette, and still later of the Adams Transcript. He studied law in the of- fice of Wells & Davis, at Greenfield, Massa- chusetts, and was admitted to the bar in 1842, beginning his practice at North Adams; in 1864 he removed to Pittsfield, Massachusetts. In 1848-49 he was a member of the two houses of State legislature ; in 1850 and 1852 of the state senate; in 1853 he was a member of the constitutional convention of Massachu- setts ; in 1853 and to 1857 was district attorney for the western district of Massachusetts ; he was nine time elected to the house of repre- sentatives; in 1875 was elected to the United States senate to succeed Charles Sumner, whose unexpired term was filled by William B. Washburn; he was re-elected in 1881 and again in 1887 ; in 1893 he was appointed chair- man of the commission to the five civilized tribes of Indians, commonly known as the Dawes Commission, which place he held until his death in 1903. He was highly esteemed and held a distinguished place among the statesmen of his day. He was prominent in the house of representatives as chairman of the committee on elections through the diffi- cult period of the war and reconstruction, and as chairman of appropriations and ways and means, where he did distinguished service. He secured the passing of the first appropria- tions for the weather bureau and the fish com- mission, and the tariff bill of 1872 was passed by the house as he wrote it without amend- ment. In the senate he held various important positions, but was chiefly known for his ser- vice as chairman of the committee on Indian affairs for fifteen years. In 1887 he wrote and secured the passage of the act called the Indian Severalty Law which conferred land in severalty and citizenship on the American Indians. This is sometimes called the Indian Emancipation Act, and on this account "Dawes Day" is celebrated at Hampton. While a Re- publican in politics, he won the respect of all parties, and was the personal friend of every president from the time his first election to the legislature to the end of his service. He was a man of independent thought and ac- tion, and his ability as a speaker was equalled by his ability as a writer. In 1869 the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by Williams College, and in 1889 by Yale Univer- sity.
He married Electa Sanderson, of Ashfield,
Massachusetts ; children: I. Thomas Sander- son, born February 24, 1848, died September 7, 1849. 2. Anna Laurens, May 14, 1851 ; is a prominent author, greatly interested in edu- cational and sociological matters; she was a member of the Massachusetts board of man- agers, the World's Columbian Exposition, also of board of lady managers of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, and has published several books, her subjects being mainly educational and political. 3. Henry Laurens, April 13, 1853, died April 16, 1854. 4. Chester Mitchell, July 14, 1855. 5. Robert Crawford, January 21, 1858, died September 3, 1859. 6. Henry Laurens, January 5, 1863; resides in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
(For preceding generations see Thomas Faxon 1). (VI) Nathaniel Faxon, son of FAXON James Faxon, was born in Brain- tree, April 29, 1749, some au- thorities say February, 1750, died October 23, 1813. He resided in Roxbury, and kept an inn there, being licensed as a victualler at the time. He was bondsman for James Faxon, administrator of Richard Faxon's estate. He served in the revolution in Captain Thomas May Jr.'s company, Colonel Eleazer Weld's regiment, in December, 1779, on duty at Cas- tle Island. He married, December 31, 1770, Mary Vose, born September 21, 1755, died De- cember II, 1818, according to the town rec- ords, while the family gives the date of her death as December 19, 1818. She was a daugh- ter of John and Mary Vose. John Vose, born November 21, 1725, was the son of Nathaniel Jr. and Rachel (Bent) Vose. Nathaniel Vose Jr., born March 31, 1699, was the son of Na- thaniel and Mary (Belcher) Vose. Nathaniel Vose Sr., born November 17, 1672, was the son of Edward and Abigail Vose, who came to New England in 1636. Children of Nathaniel and Mary Faxon, born in Roxbury : I. Mary, born February 5, 1780, died April 28, 1789. 2. Nathaniel, July 13, 1781, died July 24, 1782. 3. William, February 10, 1784, died September 7, 1785. 4. Charles, January 14, 1787, lost at sea December 9, 1816. 5. Nathaniel, men- tioned below.
(VII) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel (I) Faxon, was born at Roxbury, September 9, 1789, died February 12, 1825. He was a farm- er and marketman at Roxbury. He married, July 21, 1814, Sally Williams Craft, born Feb- ruary 19, 1794, died June 29, 1827, in Roxbury. She was the daughter of Captain Abner Craft, of Roxbury, who was a captain in the revolu-
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tion and saw much service. He was descended through Jonathan (4), Nathaniel (3), Samuel (2), from Lieutenant Griffin Craft, the ances- tor of the Craft family in America, who came over in the fleet with Winthrop, and settled in Roxbury. Children, born at Roxbury : I. Mary, March 23, 1815, died September II, 1815. 2. Charles C., December 14, 1817, died December 24, 1817. Born at Baltimore, Mary- land: 3. Ebenezer Rhodes, mentioned below.
(VIII) Ebenezer Rhodes, son of Nathaniel (2) and Sally W. (Craft) Faxon, was born August 23, 1819, in Baltimore, died January 18, 1907. in Stoughton. He was a boot maker, residing in Stoughton, Massachusetts, where he lived from the age of seven years until his death. At the beginning of the civil war, in 1861, he enlisted in Company I, First Massa- chusetts Cavalry, and two years later re-enlist- ed in the Thirty-third Regiment Veteran Re- serves, with which he served one year. His health was shattered by his military service, and he was afterward unable to engage in ac- tive business. He was a Universalist in reli- gion, and a Republican in politics. He mar- ried, January 16, 1844, Harriet Newell Hoit, born May 27, 1824, died October 29, 1905, daughter of Benjamin and Jane (Burnham) Hoit, of Moultonborough, New Hampshire. Children : I. Harriet Augusta, born January 10, 1845 ; married, January 13, 1861, James W. Richardson. 2. Ebenezer Rhodes, February 15, 1849, died February 21, 1849. 3. Amy, May 7, 1850, died May 11, 1850. 4. William Otis, mentioned below.
(IX) Dr. William Otis, youngest child of Ebenezer R. and Harriet N. (Hoit) Faxon, was born October 24, 1853, in Stoughton, and grew up in his native town, attending the public schools, and graduated from the high school, February 28, 1873. He entered the medical school of Boston University, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D., March 1, 1876. He immediately be- gan to practice in Braintree, where he con- tinued until January 1, 1881, when he re- moved to his native town and has there con- tinned in practice to the present time, being one of the leading physicians of this section. He is a member of the Massachusetts Mcdi- cal Society, the Massachusetts Medical Legal Society, and has been medical examiner for the county of Norfolk since 1895. Dr. Faxon has taken an active part in the conduct of local affairs and has held many offices of trust and honor. Hc was representative to the general court in 1905 and 1906, and for
the two succeeding years was state senator, and was active in the committees on gas, water and railroads ; house chairman of water supply, senate chairman of railroads two years. Among the important matters upon which he took effective action were the reg- ulation of the supply of illuminating gas in Boston, the bills regulating the water supply of Springfield and Stoughton, the railroad merger question, Boston & Albany railroad lease and Springfield river front bill, all of which so strongly agitated Massachusetts in the years 1906-07-08.
He devoted much time to the study of the situation in Boston, and gave earnest study to every problem that came before his com- mittee. Dr. Faxon took a leading position in the house, and all through the session made manifest his interest in every move- ment for the benefit of the whole state. The Springfield water problem had been under consideration for many years, and his influ- ence in bringing about a satisfactory solu- tion was appreciated by all concerned. He also laid the foundations for a bill of the future, which will look to the metering of water supplies, a system which will reduce water rates, and make a consumer pay only for what he uses rather than help to bear the burden of the extravagance or carelessness of others. "He has given to Stoughton and his whole district dignified representation at. all times, and yet at a personal cost to him- self." Dr. Faxon has been for many years a leader in political affairs, and was for many years a member of the Republican town com- mittee. He was a delegate from the Massa- chusetts Twelfth congressional district to the National Republican Convention in Chicago, June, 1908, that nominated William H. Taft for president of the United States. He is a working member of the Masonic fraternity, affiliating with Rising Star Lodge, of Stough- ton ; Mount Zion Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- sons ; Bay State Commandery, Knights Templar ; and Aleppo Temple of the Mystic. Shrine. He is also a member of Stoughton Lodge, No. 72, Independent Order Odd Fel- lows ; and was president of the Norfolk Club. for seven years. For three years he was a member of the parish committee of the Stoughton Universalist Church, of which he is a member.
He married, July 10, 1878, Susan Rced Wales, born August 3, 1853, in Stoughton, daughter of Nathanicl (6) and Susan K. (Rced) Wales, of Stoughton (sce Wales,
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VIII). Children: I. Dr. Nathaniel Wales, born August 12, 1880, at South Braintree ; was graduated from Harvard College with the degree of A. B. in 1902, and from Har- vard Medical School in 1905. He i's now practising medicine in Stoughton. He mar- ried, September 22, 1905, Marie (Bassett) Conant, of Boston, and they are the parents of Nathaniel Conant Faxon, born February 12, 1908, in Stoughton. 2. William Reed, December 26, 1884, died under two months of age.
(The Wales Line, see Nathaniel Wales 1).
(V) Nathaniel (4) Wales, son of Deacon Thomas Wales, was born in Braintree, Massa- chusetts, October 26, 1729. He settled in Soughton. He was a deacon of the church. He married Sarah Children : I. Sarah, born October 30, 1747. 2. Mary, February 17, 1749. 3. Nathaniel, May 30, 1750; served in the revolution. 4. Joshua, mentioned be- low. 5. Thomas, March 30, 1754. 6. Eliza- beth, March 20, 1756. 7. Eunice, January 28, 1758. 8. John. 9. Theodore, December 25, 1767. 10. Deborah, September 23, 1769. II. Hannah, October 16, 1771.
(VI) Joshua, second son of Nathaniel (4) and Sarah Wales, was born February 21, 1752, in Soughton, where he lived all his life, and was a very successful farmer and market man, reaching a good old age. He was noted for his sound sense and unimpeachable hon- esty ; he was one of the defenders of the col- onies against British aggression, and in secur- ing their independence. His first enlistment was as private in Captain Simeon Leache's company, Colonel Benjamin Gill's regiment, and served two days, marching from Stough- ton to Braintree, March 21, 1776, when the British fleet was anchored in Boston harbor. He was a corporal in Captain Theophilus Wilder's company of Colonel Dike's regiment, enlisting December 30, 1776, from Stoughton, to serve until March 1, 1777. He was also a private in a company commanded by Captain Robert Swan, of Stoughton, Colonel Benjamin Gill's regiment, which marched to Bristol, Rhode Island, April 18, 1777, and served twenty-four days. He was married three time.
(VII) Nathaniel (5), eldest child of Joshua Wales, was born September II, 1788, in Stoughton, and resided in that town until 1817, when he removed to North Bridgewater. He engaged in the manufacture of shoe lasts, being the first there in that business, the work being done by hand. He also kept a grocery
store in the north part of the center village, and died there of consumption, February 8, 1826, leaving an excellent business. He was an active member of the local militia, and rose to the office of Captain, which he resigned April 28, 1820. He was one of the first in the town to accept the religious teachings of the "New Church" founded by Swedenborg. He married, January 1, 1815, Phoebe, daugh- ter of William and Mary (Perkins) French, of Stoughton, who survived him nearly thirty years, and died December 25, 1855, in Barn- stable, Massachusetts. She was a woman of much force of character, cared for her hus- band's estate, and brought up her surviving son to be an excellent citizen. They had three children: I. Harriet Jane, born August 17, 1816; married Chauncey Conant. 2. Na- thaniel, mentioned below. 3. Martha, died under two months of age.
(VIII) Nathaniel (6), only son of Nathaniel (5) and Phoebe (French) Wales, was born November 25, 1819, in North Bridgewater, died in Stoughton, February 8, 1901. He at- tended the public schools, an academy and a normal school, and as a young man taught school in his native town and other towns nearby. He showed much energy and enter- prise, and was of much assistance to his widowed mother in conserving the family es- tate. He was but little past six years of age when his father died, and he was very early accustomed to assist in his own maintenance. After teaching in the rural schools, he be- came principal of the high school of Paw- tucket, Rhode Island, which he resigned in 1848 to become a merchant at Stoughton, and for twenty-eight years continued success- fully in this occupation, having associated with him a part of the time a partner or part- ners ; and from 1860 to 1867 was postmaster at Stoughton. He resigned this office to be- come United States assessor of internal rev- enues for the second district of Massachu- setts, in which he continued to serve until the office was abolished. In 1862 he was ap- pointed by Governor Andrew to superintend the drafting of militia, Norfolk county, and in 1863, President Lincoln appointed him a commissioner of the board of enrollment foi the second district of Massachusetts. This position he filled two years. From 1871 to 1878 he was treasurer of the Stoughton Boot and Shoe Company. Mr. Wales was a man possessed of the legal instinct, and though not a lawyer by training, his business experi- ence and contact with the world gave him a
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grasp of governmental affairs not given to all. He was a member of the state senate in 1879, and served on the committee on towns, labor and prisons ; the next year in the same body he was chairman of the committee on roads and bridges, and a number of those on military affairs and the state house. In 1881 he was elected a member of the executive council, and in this position proved himself a valuable and sound official. He had not long been a voter when the Republican party was organized, and he was among its most earnest and enthusiastic supporters through life. In religion he followed the precepts of his father. He married (first) June 4, 1848, Jane Montgomery, daughter of Newton and Jane (Montgomery) Shaw, who died May 3, 1849, leaving a son Nathaniel S., afterwards a citizen of Des Moines, Iowa. He married (second) August 18, 1851, Susan Kingsbury Reed, daughter of Timothy and Susan P. (Kingsbury) Reed, of Barnstable, born March 7. 1827, in Windham, New Hamp- shire. She died January 31, 1882, leaving a daughter Susan Reed, now the wife of Dr. William Otis Faxon, of Stoughton (see Faxon, IX). Other children of the second wife were: Timothy Reed Wales, who died unmarried in 1871 ; and twin sons, who died in infancy.
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